MINGORA: Two passengers were killed and two others injured when a van plunged into a ravine in Kabal tehsil here on Saturday.

According to police, the van was going to Qalagey village from Kabal Bazaar, but it went out of the driver’s control and fell into a gorge in Kandaro area.

As a result, two persons identified as Samiullah and Akhtar Ali, residents of Qalagey village, died on the spot, while two others were injured.

The locals rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to tehsil headquarters hospital, Kabal, where they were said to be out of danger.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2017

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